Egypt 8 Nights 9 Days
Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza’s colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor’s hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs. The capital, Cairo, is home to Ottoman landmarks like Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities.
EGYPT [8 NIGHTS / 9 DAYS ] :
Day 01 : ARRIVAL – CAIRO
Arrival Cairo,
Meet and assist at the airport transfer to the hotel. Visit the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. Transfer to hotel.Accommodation in private rooms, overnight.
Day 2 : CAIRO (B)
Breakfast buffet at the hotel. After breakfast visit the Coptic churches, a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Hanging Church, It is believed that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga). Coptic Cairo was a stronghold for Christianity in Egypt until the Islamic era, though most of the current buildings of the churches in Coptic Cairo were built after the Muslim conquest of Egypt. In the afternoon continue to visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo which is the first and most important in the world At the end of the tour, return to the hotel, and overnight.
Day 3 : OPTIONAL OVERDAY ALEXANDRIA (B)
Breakfast at the hotel, depart for Alexandria. Visit to the catacombs of Kom esh Shuqafa, & the library of Alexandria, masterpiece of the modern architecture. At the end of the visits depart for Cairo. Arriving Cairo transfer to the hotel and overnight
Day 4 : CAIRO–ASWAN (B,L,D)
Breakfast buffet at the hotel. Transfer to airport and departure by domestic flight Egypt air Cairo / Aswan. Arrival at Aswan transfer by private bus to the boat and accommodation in cabins Lunch on board. Visit the Temple of Philae Dinner and overnight on board
Day 5 : (B,L,D)
Full Board Begin sailing until Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of the two Gods’ Horus and Sobek at Kom Ombo.At the end of the visit back on board and started sailing to Edfu. Upon arrival in Edfu visit the Temple of Edfu dedicated to the god Horus. Sail to Esna and then sail to Luxor.
Overnight on board
Day 6 : (B,L,D)
Full Board. Morning Visit of the Necropolis of Thebes on the West Bank of the Nile: the Valleys of the Kings and the Temple of Queen Hatschepsut, we see the Colossi of Memnon. In the afternoon we visit the Temples of Karnak and Luxor.
Overnight on Board.
Day 7 : LUXOR – CAIRO – SHARM EL SHEIKH (B)
Breakfast buffet on board Transfer to airport for flight to Cairo then to Sharm el Sheikh.
Transfer to hotel, dinner & overnight.
Day 8 : SHARM EL SHEIKH (B,D)
Free Day for relaxation
Day 9 : DEPARTURE (B)
Transfer to Sharm El Sheikh Airport for final departure
End of services
Note: The visits, excursions, flight schedules and route navigation in the program may change the order and timing of any case without changing the substance.
